Decades after training, 90-year-old finally goes to space on Blue Origin flight
Ed Dwight was the first black astronaut candidate in 1961 - but was never picked for a Nasa mission.
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Ed Dwight was the first black astronaut candidate in 1961 - but was never picked for a Nasa mission.
Following his historic first trip to space, 90-year-old Ed Dwight sat among three Black NASA astronauts who thanked him for pathing their way to orbit.
Blue Origin flew a crew of astronauts to the edge of space on May 19, returning the New Shepard rocket to crewed flight after a gap of almost two years.
Blue Origin is set to fly adventurers to the final frontier on Sunday for the first time in nearly two years, reigniting competition in the space tourism market after a
Mission NS-25 marks the 7th flight for the firm owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos